The Schenectady-born Freakonomics creator shares how upstate New York shaped his work ethic and inspired his latest project.

Stephen Dubner, the journalist, podcaster and bestselling author behind the Freakonomics franchise, is getting in front of the camera with a self-financed TV-style talk show. Dubner, host of the ...

New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner. In 2005 economist Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner wrote the book "Freakonomics; a rogue Economist explores the hidden side of everything". (Photo by ...

The Freakonomics enterprise also includes an award-winning blog, a high-profile documentary film, and a public-radio project called Freakonomics Radio, which Dubner hosts. He has also appeared widely ...

Steve Dubner and Stephen Levitt don't really have much in common. Before they teamed-up to write the best-selling books "Freakonomics" and "Super Freakonomics," Dubner was a musician-turned writer for ...

Equal parts journalistic exposé and targeted anthropological dissection, the slick anthology production “Freakonomics” makes heavy ideas go down easy. That’s the point, of course: Based on Steven ...

Steven Levitt, the University of Chicago economist who co-authored the book Freakonomics: The Hidden Side of Everything, says he’s long been fascinated by the social pressure against quitting, whether ...

The author and radio host Stephen J. Dubner launched his second podcast, "Question of the Day," on Monday through Midroll. Audrey S. Bernstein/Midroll Earlier this month, the podcast advertising ...

It's being reported that the blog, "Freakonomics" -- based on the hugely popular book of the same title -- is to relocate to the New York Times, a move which the paper has signaled could be the first ...

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